Withdraw Suit and Bridge Plan Nears Action
At the courthouse a 24 hour session reviewed the Old McArthur Rd bridge issue. State official Dowler said no action until the Underwood suit is withdrawn or settled, with possible plans to build the bridge and provide the county with $40,000 toward the project.
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McArthur Rd
Clear Fork
Hocking
Clyde Underwood
Rt. 93
Rt. 33
Logan
John Dowler
Division 10
State Highway Department
Rempel
Underwood
Dowler
Blum
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Forrest Moore
Howard Earnhart
Tom van Duren
Earnhart
Tom
Mulberry St
Franklin County
Moore
British foreign trade deficit cuts sharply in August
London reports exports rose to a record peak while imports fell improving the visible trade deficit to 30 million pounds 72 million dollars in August, 51 million pounds less than July.
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London
Board of Trade
Senate backs ban on mail order gun ammo sales
The Senate voted 41 to 36 to bar mail order sales of ammunition for rifles shotguns and .22 caliber weapons, expanding gun control efforts. Debate centers on whether to regulate all ammunition and on proposed registration licensing for gun owners.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
Joseph Tydings
D-Md
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Medgar Evers
Blacks say school changes fall short in Cincinnati history
Cincinnati Public Schools updated history courses to include Negro history but the Black Student Union demands a separate high school course on black people and Negro history classes at other levels. BSU plans a meeting to press the issue and seeks official recognition and removal of school police.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Public School
Black Student Union
BSU
Nigerians Seize Biafran Owerri Amid Relentless Advance
Nigerian army reports Owerri captured shrinking Biafra to about 10 percent of its former area. Only Umuahia remains a major town as federal troops close in from north and south within roughly 30 miles. Civilians flee and international observers urge restraint while fighting continues near Oguotain and Uli-Shiala.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Owerri
Biafra
Umuahia
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Ojukwu
I. Y. Eke
British High Commission
3Rd Marine Division
Ogutain
Uli-Shiala
Small Arms Mortar Fire Take Big Toll in Vietnam Fight
North Vietnamese troops hit a Marine column four miles south of Khe Sanh with heavy mortar fire and small arms. The 26th Marines reported 25 Marines killed and 126 wounded after a 10 hour battle, with 27 enemy killed in the same area.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Khe Sanh
U.S
26Th Marines
9Th Regiment
Israeli Town Hit By Heavy Rockets and Retaliation
Arab gunmen shelled Bet She an with 130mm rockets injuring eight civilians before Israeli forces retaliated on Irbid Jordan. The Beisan Valley surge marked the first heavy rocket use and a spike in cross border clashes near Allenby Bridge with no reported Israeli casualties.
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Tel Aviv
Bet She’an
Irbid
Beisan
Salazar's condition remains critical after stroke in Lisbon
Lisbon reports Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar's condition is critical nearly 24 hours after a crippling stroke. He had been recovering from surgery to remove a blood clot beneath his skull since Sept. 7 while officials consider the future of Portugal's government.
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Lisbon
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Salazar
Portugal
Britons Denounce Weathermen Over Three Day Downpour
London AP report notes Britons condemned meteorologists for not warning about a three day heavy rain event. The piece highlights public frustration with forecasts and calls for better weather alerts.
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London
Candidates Begin To Sound Like Me Wallace Says
The Associated Press reports Hubert Humphrey pledging to attack crime with a federal state and local effort and to stop riots. Richard Nixon promotes a drug control program with tougher border measures and rehab expansion. George Wallace, in Dallas, says both parties now echo his stance and will announce a running mate soon.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Anaheim
Calif
Bor
Wallace
J. Edgar Hoover
Dallas
Texas
American Independent Party
Senate panel approves treaty to halt nuclear spread
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 13 to 3 with three abstentions to approve a treaty limiting nuclear weapons. The action sent the measure to the Senate floor over objections to delay amid the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Czechoslovakia
Stocks rise as advances edge declines in busy trading
In New York the stock market stayed firm as trading remained brisk. The list of gainers outnumbered losers by about 165 issues, signaling continued market strength.
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New York
Michigan Ohio Lake Erie border hearing moved to October
The final hearing in the Lake Erie boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio was postponed from September 24 in Toledo to October 18 in Philadelphia. Rep. Raymond Kehres reported the change.
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Lansing, Mich
Michigan
Ohio
Lake Erie
Toledo
Philadelphia
Raymond Kehres
Monroe
Cleveland slaying suspects questioned after park bodies found
Two men were taken into custody in Cleveland as police questioned them in the slaying of three men and a woman whose bodies were found in a city park. Two more men were being sought.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Park
Thieu affirms government peace plan as only path to end war
President Thieu declared in Nha Trang that his government’s peace formula is the sole acceptable option, rejecting any proposals from individuals or groups. The report also notes Boilerman First Class Daniel L. Graham Jr., of Logan West Virginia, serving aboard USS Richard off North Vietnam, contributing to an engineering battle efficiency award and naval gunfire support, with the ship at sea 80 percent since March.
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Saigon
Nguyen Vang Thieu
Vietnam
Daniel L. Graham Jr
USN
Daniel L. Graham
Logan Rt. 4
Wanda L. Edmund
Bellington Rt. 1
W. Va
Richard
North Vietnam
U.S
Committee Approves Fortas Amid Senate Fight Ahead
The Senate Judiciary Committee approves Abe Fortas for chief justice by a 10 to vote but faces a filibuster risk on the Senate floor. Opponents expect a tough battle over cloture and potential defeat, with Fortas nominated by Johnson to replace Warren who retires as chief justice.
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Committee
Fortas
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Johnson
Earl Warren
Warren
Mike Mansfield
Work continues on parking plan in Logan
Merchants' division of the Logan Trade Club kept progress toward a comprehensive off street parking plan for downtown Logan. Preliminary survey results for the four blocks of the principal business area were presented and discussed. Surveys are to be completed next week with another open meeting scheduled for 7 30 p m next Monday.
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Logan
Merchants’ Division
The
Logan Trade Club
Cold Air Brings Chill To Rockies
Cold air spreading across the interior dropped temperatures into the 20s in the northern Rockies and brought rain to much of the Midwest. Readings reached 72 at noon with Monday's high near 74 and a 59 low. Clouds and scattered showers are expected later tonight into Wednesday from the Hocking Valley to the region.
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Rockies
Midwest
Hocking Valley
Weather shifts from cold Wyoming to heavy Midwest rains
After midnight Evanston Wyoming dropped to 29 degrees while northern New England stayed in the forties. Fronts brought rain to Iowa Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma with Illinois Wisconsin experiencing damp conditions. Missouri and Arkansas faced large hail and strong winds. A funnel cloud passed Springfield Missouri. The Pacific Northwest saw heavy coastal rain with Quillayute near the northwest tip soaking nearly 2 inches in six hours.
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Evanston
Wyo
New England
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Wisconsin
Springfield
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Quillayute
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Logan Rt. 1
U.S. Marines
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Organization of African Unity
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Sea of Galilee
Jordan
Allenby Bridge
Dead Sea
Moshe Dayan
United Labor Party
Suez Canal
International Red Cross
Egypt
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Americo Thomaz
Council of State
England
Tanegashima
Japan
National Space Center
Me — Wallace
Humphrey
Abe
Crats
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